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| = Aspects List =
| | Fell out of bed feeling down. This has britgheend my day! |
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| Aspects are a phrase, a quote, or a sentence that defines a truth about a character or a game truth in a number of games systems ranging from Risus, Fate, Houses of the Blooded, PDQ, Universalis, etc. This is a list of useful aspects that can be of use to narrators and players using these game system.
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| === Advice for Good Aspects ===
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| * a good aspects should have both positive and negative elements
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| * a good aspect should worded so that the player can invoke them for a bonus, and the narrator compell them for a fate point.
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| * a good aspect can reveal something that the character may not even know.
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| == Character Aspects==
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| === Archetypes / High Concepts ===
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| For more information on some common archetypes, see [[Character_Role_Catalog|Character Role Catalog]].
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| * (Elvish) Archer
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| * Absent-Minded Savant
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| * Ace Reporter
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| * Alien Companion
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| * Amateur Sleuth
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| * Amateur Archeologist
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| * Amazon Warrior
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| * Anarchist
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| * Armchair Scientist
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| * Art Collector
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| * Artist
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| * Bad Boy
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| * Bad Girl
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| * Bard
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| * Believer
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| * Biker
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| * Bimbo
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| * Black Sheep
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| * Boisterous Barbarian
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| * Bored Aristocrat
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| * Brash Pilot
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| * Broker
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| * Brooding Swordsman
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| * Champion
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| * Civilized Barbarian
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| * Computer Geek
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| * Con Man
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| * Conspiracy Theorist
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| * Cowboy
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| * Dangerous Servant
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| * Dark Elf
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| * Dashing Officer
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| * Desert Nomad
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| * Devout Priest
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| * Drifter
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| * Dungeon Delver
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| * Eccentric Mentor
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| * Emo
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| * Ex-Soldier
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| * Ex-Space Marine
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| * Fae
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| * Femme Fatale
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| * Film-fan
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| * Flying Ace
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| * Friend of All People
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| * Gadget Guy
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| * Gadgeteer
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| * Gambler
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| * Gangster
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| * Geezer
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| * Gentleman Thief
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| * Girl Who Become a Boy
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| * Grizzled Police Detective
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| * Gruff Sergeant
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| * Grumpy (Dwarven) Warrior
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| * Gumshoe Detective
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| * He Who Is Foretold in the Prophesies
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| * Heir to the Throne
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| * Honorable Assassin
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| * Hot-Tempered Sorcerer
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| * Hustler
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| * Independent Wizard
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| * Independent Woman
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| * Innocent Farmboy
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| * Inquisitor
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| * Inscrutable Mystic
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| * Jack-Of-All-Trades Mechanic
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| * Jive-Talking Wizard
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| * Joker/Jester
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| * Jungle Lord
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| * Kid
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| * Knight
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| * Knight in Black
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| * Lady
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| * Likable Theif
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| * Loner
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| * Lord
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| * Lost Love
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| * Mad Scientist
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| * Magician
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| * Magus
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| * Man of Mystery
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| * Martial Artist
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| * Maverick Cop
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| * Mechanic
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| * Mercenary
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| * Mobster
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| * Musician
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| * Mysterious Gypsy
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| * Mysterious Stranger
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| * Nerd
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| * Network Hacker
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| * New Recruit
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| * Noble Savage
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| * Novelist
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| * Officer Fresh from the Academy
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| * Outdoorsman
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| * Parapsychologist
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| * Plucky Reporter
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| * Policeman
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| * Popular Girl
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| * Preppy Student
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| * Private Detective
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| * Prodigal Son
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| * Prophet
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| * Psychiatrist
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| * Psycho-analyst
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| * Quarterback
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| * Redeemed Hero
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| * Righteous Youth
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| * Roommate
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| * Sacrificial Virgin
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| * Salesman
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| * Scholar
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| * Scoundrel
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| * Seductress
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| * Shrewd Lawyer
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| * Silent Stranger
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| * Soldier
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| * Sorcerer
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| * Spitfire Tomboy
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| * Star-crossed Lovers
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| * Starship Captain
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| * Straight Talking Lawman
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| * Street Samarai
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| * Stuck-up Paladin/Knight
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| * Stupid Orcs
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| * Super Spy
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| * Temperamental Police Chief
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| * Texan
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| * Traveller in a Strange Land
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| * True Beauty
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| * Trusty Companion
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| * Two-Fisted Pilot
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| * Unconventional Genius
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| * Urban Villain
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| * Veteran
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| * Vixen
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| * Wise Old Man
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| * Wizard
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| * Young Hero
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| === Beliefs, Convictions & Mottos ===
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| * A Good Day to Die
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| * A Worthy Foe Should Be Respected
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| * Alone, We Stand Together
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| * Always Strike First
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| * By Fidelity and Military Service
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| * Carrot, Not the Stick
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| * Chivalry Is Not Dead
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| * Conquer or Die!
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| * Contentment Is Preferable to Riches
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| * Dare to Fail, for It Is the Only Way to Truly Experience Success. ~ Matt Maresca
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| * Desire Is Tamed With a Kiss
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| * Do Your Duty, Happen What May
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| * Every Man, Woman and Child for Themselves
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| * Failure Is Not an Option
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| * Faith Demands Sacrifice
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| * Family Before All Others
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| * Fight First, Talk Later!
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| * First, Do No Harm
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| * Friendship Often Ends in Love; but Love in Friendship - Never
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| * Glory Is Forever
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| * Greater Love Hath No Man Than This, That He Lay Down His Friends for His Life. ~ Jeremy Thorpe
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| * I Always Pay My Due
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| * I Am the Land
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| * I Have Killed Men for Less!
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| * I Wait
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| * I Want to Know
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| * I Want to Make a Difference
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| * I Will Have Vengeance
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| * I'll Be Back
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| * I'll Make Captain One Day
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| * Imagination Is More Important Than Knowledge. ~ Albert Einstein
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| * It's Not the Size of the Dog in the Fight, but the Size of the Fight in the Dog. ~ Mark Twain
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| * It's the Last Inch That Counts
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| * Ladies First
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| * Liberty of Death!
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| * Life Is a Great Big Canvas, and You Should Throw All the Paint on It You Can. ~ Danny Kaye
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| * Life Is Either a Daring Adventure, or Nothing. ~ Helen Keller
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| * Live Life to the Fullest
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| * Mercy Has No Place in the Law
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| * My Favorite Dish Is Revenge
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| * My Weapon Is Myself
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| * Never Surrender
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| * Never Throw the First Punch.but Be Sure You Throw the Last.
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| * No Mercy, but No Cruelty
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| * No Reason Why We Can't Be Civilized
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| * Nobody else for the Job but Us
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| * Non-Traditionalist
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| * Nothing in Life Is Permanent
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| * Nothing Personal, It's Just Business
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| * One for All and All for One
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| * Only the Strong Are Fit to Rule
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| * People Need to Wake up!
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| * Politics Is My Favorite Game
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| * Precision Trumps Power
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| * Protect the Innocent
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| * Serve the Public Trust
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| * Speak Softly but Carry a Big Stick
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| * Stay Alive
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| * Subtlety Is Its Own Power
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| * Tears Are Not Enough
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| * Technology Is the Great Equalizer
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| * the Best Way out Is Always Through. ~ Robert Frost
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| * the Price of Glory
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| * the Road Is My Home
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| * the Snake Lurks in the Grass
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| * to Sacrifice Even Life to Truth
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| * Uphold the Law
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| * Virtue Despises Danger
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| * Wants to Live in Peace
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| * We Must Be the Change We Want to See in the World. ~ Mahatma Gandhi
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| === Disadvantages / Trouble / Consequences ===
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| * A Squirrel!
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| * Addicted to Speed
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| * Alone in a Crowd
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| * Always the Bridesmaid, Never the Bride
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| * Backstabber
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| * Been Here Too Long
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| * Broken Heart
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| * Brooding
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| * But for a Nail!
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| * By the Book? What Book
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| * Certifiably Nuts
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| * Caught Red-Handed
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| * Craves Control
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| * Curiosity Killed the Cat
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| * Dandy Living Rough
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| * Dark Past
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| * Day Dreamer
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| * Desperate
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| * Devoid of Magic
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| * Easy Mark
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| * Empty Inside
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| * Entertain Me
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| * Entitlement Complex
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| * Ever the Bridesmaid
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| * Everything Has a Price
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| * Faints at the Sight of Blood
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| * Fly by Night
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| * Folds Under Pressure
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| * Forbidden Tastes
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| * Generous to a Fault
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| * Guilty Conscience
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| * Gullible
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| * Haunted
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| * Haunted by Dreams
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| * He'll Eat Anything!
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| * Heir to a Terrible Secret
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| * Hermit
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| * Home-wrecker
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| * I Can't Get Involved
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| * I Don't Trust Me, and You Shouldn't Either
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| * I Get Paid to to Crazy Stuff
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| * I Hate the Outdoors
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| * I Have No Idea How Much I Don't Know
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| * I Want It Now
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| * I'd Take a Bullet for Xxx
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| * I'm Too Old for This
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| * if One Is Good, Ten Is Better
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| * if Only I Had My Trusty Toolbox
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| * Impetuous
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| * in My Own Time
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| * in over His Head
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| * Indulgent & Indulged
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| * Infamous
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| * Insatiable Appetite
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| * Intolerant
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| * It Was Fine in My Workshop!
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| * It Wasn't My Fault!
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| * Ivory Tower
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| * Just a Poser
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| * Just Following Orders
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| * Just Use More
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| * King’s Wrath
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| * Knows Too Much
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| * Let Me See How This Works!
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| * Liar and a Cheat
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| * Loner
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| * Look, a Kitty!
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| * Loose Cannon
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| * Loyal to the Bone
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| * Loyalty for Sale
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| * Materialistic
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| * Math Is Hard
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| * Momma's Boy
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| * My Daughter Died in My Arms
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| * My Ex Drives Me Crazy
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| * Naïve
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| * Never Good Enough
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| * New in Town
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| * Obsessed
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| * Obsessive-Compulsive
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| * Obviously Landed on His Face
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| * One Step Behind
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| * over My Head
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| * Overly Blunt
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| * Paranoid
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| * Perpetually Broke
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| * Picks Scabs
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| * Rude and Crude
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| * Scavenger
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| * Self-Destructive
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| * Shady Past
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| * Shattered
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| * Short Fuse
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| * Silver Spoon
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| * Snakes! Why Does It Always Have to Be Snakes!
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| * Snarl
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| * Something to Prove
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| * Soul of a Killer
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| * Stage Fright
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| * Sucker
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| * Sucker for a Pretty Face
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| * Sweet-Tooth
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| * Sweetheart, Would I Lie to You?
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| * the Awful Truth
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| * the Darkness Always Threatens
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| * They Can't Know I'm an Alien
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| * This Is Bigger Than I Thought
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| * Troublemaker
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| * Vagabond
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| * What I Wouldn't Give for Real Power
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| * Who Needs Backup?
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| * Why Won't You Die!
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| * Withdrawn
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| * Work in Progress
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| * Work Is a Four Letter Word!
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| * You'll Never Take Me Alive!
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| === Dispositions ===
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| * A Fine Line Between Cynicism and Realism
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| * A Fistful of Truth
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| * A Girl in Every Port
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| * Approachable
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| * Art Is Pleasure
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| * Benevolent Dictator
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| * Born of the Storm
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| * Brother to All Who Know Me
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| * Calm in a Sea of Insanity
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| * Caution Above All
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| * Chance-Taker
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| * Civilized
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| * Cold As the Winter Wind
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| * Compassionate Heart
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| * Court Gossip
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| * Cuts It Close
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| * Cutthroat
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| * Dastardly
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| * Dead Calm
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| * Death Defying
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| * Defender of the Defenseless
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| * Devastating Glance
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| * Disciplined
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| * Dogged Dreamer
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| * Don't Let the Bastards Get You Down
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| * Fae-Touched
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| * Faith Fears Not
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| * Famous
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| * Fierce and Passionate
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| * Fiercely Independent
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| * Give the voters what they want
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| * Hard Boiled
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| * Hard Working
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| * Heart of a Saint
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| * Heart of Gold
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| * I Must Survive!
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| * I Neither Envy nor Despise
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| * I Succeed by Kindness
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| * Imposing Stare
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| * Intrepid
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| * Irreproachable
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| * Irritatingly Sunny
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| * Just Do the Job
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| * Keep It Simple
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| * Keep It Tidy
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| * Kind-Hearted
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| * Loner
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| * Marked by Destiny
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| * Muckraking
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| * Never Trust a Man
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| * Nosy
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| * Nothing Left to Loose
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| * Obsessed
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| * Office Gossip
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| * Overtime
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| * Plucky
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| * Poker Face
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| * Practical
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| * Pride Goeth Before Everything
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| * Privilege Makes Me Cynical
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| * Proud of My Heritage
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| * Pushed over the Edge
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| * Quick to Anger
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| * Quick to Love
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| * Quiet Confidence
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| * Reclusive
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| * Regal Bearing
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| * Respectable
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| * Ruthless Heart
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| * Salt of the Earth
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| * Scrappy
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| * Secretive
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| * Sense of Honor
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| * Shadowed Glare
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| * Slow to Forget
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| * Soft-Spoken
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| * Stone Cold
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| * Strength in Silence
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| * Stripper With a Heart of Gold
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| * Suspicious
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| * Take That, You Fiend!
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| * the More Thorny the More Fragrant
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| * Thick Skinned
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| * This Is My Post
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| * Tolerant
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| * Touched
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| * Troublemaker
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| * Twitchy
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| * Two-Fisted
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| * Uncivilized
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| * Undying Devotion
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| * Unflappable
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| * Unshakeable
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| * Wary
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| * Well-Mannered
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| * Wiseass
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| === Expertise, Advantages ===
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| * A Cut Above the Norm
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| * A Fistful of Dollars
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| * A Name Within the Field
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| * Aikido Master
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| * Always Ready
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| * Amazonian
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| * Archer's Eye
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| * Artist's Heart
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| * At Home Behind the Stick
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| * Aura of Power
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| * Been Around a Long Time
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| * Been There, Done That
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| * Bend With the Wind
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| * Best Education Money Could Buy
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| * Beware the Wrath of a Patient Man
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| * Bookworm
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| * Born of Wealth
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| * Born to the Blade
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| * Cat's Eyes
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| * Chance Favors Only Those Who Court Her. ~ Charles Nicolle
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| * Competitive Athlete
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| * Cuts It Close
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| * Dead Sexy
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| * Death Defying
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| * Dogged
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| * Don't Judge Me by My Size
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| * Eavesdropper
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| * Elven Grace
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| * Engineering Prodigy
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| * Eureka!
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| * Expert Among Novices
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| * Eyes Wide Open
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| * Favorite With the Ladies
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| * First on the Scene
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| * From the Future
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| * For You Are With Me, Father
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| * Gearhead
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| * Gentle Touch
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| * Ghost Step
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| * Gimme a Minute
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| * Graceful
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| * Grease Monkey
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| * Great Expectations
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| * Hardy
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| * Hawkeye
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| * Heart of a Warrior
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| * Honest Eyes
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| * I Fear No Evil
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| * I Have a Bad Feeling About This
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| * I Just Happened to Be in the Neighborhood
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| * I Know a Way
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| * I Know What I'm Doing
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| * I Know Your Name
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| * I Need No Sword
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| * I Never Forget a Face
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| * I'll Never Talk
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| * I'm Going to Kill You Using Only My Left Thumb
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| * I've seen this before
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| * Icy Beauty
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| * in Acting Justly Fear No One
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| * In Shape and Ready to Play
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| * Inconspicuous
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| * Iron Will
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| * It Is Better to Know Some of the Questions Than All of the Answers. ~ James Thurber
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| * It Was Always in My Pocket
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| * It Would Take a Miracle
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| * Jane of All Trades
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| * Johnny on the Spot
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| * Knowledge Is My Shield
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| * Knowledge Is the Great Equalizer
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| * Knows the Names of Evil
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| * Leads the Hunt
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| * Let Me See How This Works!
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| * Look in My Eyes
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| * Lord of the Treetops
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| * Lord, Grant Me the Strength!
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| * Man of Two Worlds
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| * Man, That Is Going to Hurt Later
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| * Master of Blind Fighting
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| * Master of Innuendo
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| * Meticulous
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| * Midnight Eyes
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| * Motorhead
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| * Moves Like a Ninja
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| * Musician's Soul
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| * Natural Mechanic
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| * Neither Swiftly nor Slowly
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| * Nick of Time
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| * No Stranger to Pain
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| * No, You Do It Like This!
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| * Nose for Trouble
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| * Not Just a Pretty Face
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| * One With the Forest
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| * One Tough Customer
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| * Order out of Chaos
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| * Pack-Rat
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| * Plans Within Plans
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| * Political Survivor
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| * Power Behind the Throne
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| * Prefer the Honest to the Profitable
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| * Pride in Scholarship
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| * Pure Killing Machine
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| * Puts in the Long Hours
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| * Quick Witted
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| * Respectable Authority
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| * Ride It Down
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| * Rough & Ready
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| * Rugged
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| * Self-Sufficient
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| * Shiphead
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| * Silents As Midnight
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| * Silver-Tongued
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| * Sleeping Bear
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| * Social Chameleon
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| * Solution Oriented
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| * Something's Not Right
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| * Sorcerer by Nature
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| * Spokesperson
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| * Strange Intuition
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| * Strange Luck
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| * Street Smart
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| * Strong and Certain Grip
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| * Strong As an Ox
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| * Swordsman Without Compare
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| * Takes One to Know One
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| * That Is Not a Knife. This Is a Knife!
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| * The Pen Is Mightier then the Sword
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| * There is always more than meets the eye
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| * To Know How to Hide One's Ability Is Great Skill. ~ Francois De La Rochefoucauld
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| * Too Close to Call
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| * Touched by Magic
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| * Tough As Nails
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| * Two-Fisted
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| * Unremarkable
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| * Virtue for Its Own Sake
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| * Voice Like a Silken Strangling Cord
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| * Voice Like Silk
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| * Wait, Try This...
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| * Was This What You Needed?
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| * Weapons Master
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| * Well-Known
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| * Well-Schooled
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| * Well-Travelled
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| * While I Have Breath I Have Hope
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| * World Traveler
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| * You Can't Be Expected to Understand
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| * You’ll Never Get Past Me!
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| === Friends, Family, Help ===
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| * A Might Fortress Is My Home
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| * Apprentice of ...
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| * Buddy of ...
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| * Chosen of ...
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| * Co-Worker
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| * Devoted Servant of ...
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| * Elf-Friend
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| * Ex-Operative of ...
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| * Former Cultist
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| * Former Reporter
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| * Friend of the Beasts
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| * Friend of the Family
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| * Friends in Dark Places
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| * Friends in Low Places
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| * Hidden Crush
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| * I Know Just the Guy
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| * I'm a Member of ...
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| * Made Man
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| * Manfred, Save Me!
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| * My Old Friend, ...
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| * Network of Spies
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| * Never Without My Minions
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| * Nobody Beats up My Sister but Me!
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| * of the Xxx Family
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| * Pawn of ...
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| * Raised by ...
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| * Reminds You of Your Uncle
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| * Secret Crush
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| * Unspoken Love
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| * War Buddies
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| * Yeah, I Know Him
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| === Enemies & Foes ===
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| * ... Killed My Family!
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| * Betrayed by ...
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| * Haunted by ...
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| * Hunted by ...
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| * Jealous Ex-...
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| * on the Run from ...
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| * Rival to...
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| * Sworn Enemy of ...
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| * Vendetta With ...
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| * Won't Rest Until ...
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| === Gear ===
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| * Ancient Sword
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| * Deathbed Legacy
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| * I Have My Father's Sword
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| * I Have My Mother's Diaries
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| * Import/Export Business
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| * My Pa's Old Six Shooter
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| * Secret Lair
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| * Serendipity, Space Freighter
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| * She's the Fastest Ship on the Rim
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| === Questions ===
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| Some good questions to ask:
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| * Death to ...
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| * I Hate ...
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| * I Intend to ...
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| * I Know in My Heart ...
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| * I Love ...
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| * I'll Make My Name by ...
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| * More then Anything I Need ...
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| * My Most Immediate Concern ...
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| * Sworn Enemy of ...
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| * Wants to Be ...
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| * ...Must Die!
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| == Compellable Scene Aspects and Consequences ==
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| * Bad-Tempered
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| * Broken
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| * Drowsy
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| * Foggy
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| * Fragile
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| * Naïve
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| * Off-Balance
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| * Poor-Quality
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| * Shadowy
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| * Slick
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| * Slippery
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